Well if you have a genuine question why not post somewhere so other people will gain advantage of it then... basically what DarkTimes said
I don't mind being contacted. You can reach me via msn/irc/facebook/skype/mail/email/shouting really hard. I just hate PMs because I tend to get either useless real spam or a copy of stuff related to something I have no interest in anyway.
You can disable PMs altogether. It's not actually a valid solution if you like private messaging but in my opinion everything sent via PM is spam anyway.